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Patented Apr. 18,1916.

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Application filed May 19,

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Be it known that I, HERBERT A'LDEKN'A- TEL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the-county and State ofLNew York, have invented a certain new and use ful Improvement in Rug-Stifieners, of which thefollowing is a specification. y

The invention relates to devices for stifi;-

ening the corners of rugs and analogous floor coverings to resist the tendency. of such corners to curl upwardly, and thus avoid the dangers and the unsightly appearance due to such curling.

The object of the invention is toprovide a simple stiffener of economical'construction which may be easily and quickly applied and which will hold reliably and serve efficiently.-

The invent10n consists in certain 'n'ov'el it features and details of construction by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafter described and claimed.

' The accompanying drawings form part of this specification and show the invention as it has been carried out.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the under face of a rug-corner equipped with the invention in'its complete form. Fig. '2 is a lan view of an angular stiffener adapted to follow the margins of a corner. Fig. 3 is a corresponding edge view. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a straight stiffener adapted to extend inwardly diagonally from the corner. Fig. 5 is an edge view corresponding to Fig. 4:.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is the corner of a rug which may be un- I derstood to be of the Brussels type having the usual foundation threads B showing on the reverse face. The material for the stifi'eners is spring wire of the required resiliency and gage and is preferably cylindrical as best adapted, by reason of the absence of angular edges, to lie upon the floor without danger of defacing the latter, but which may be of any desired cross-sectional I form.

In the complete form of the invention as illustrated in Fig. 1, the stiffener is intwo portions, one having arms D D formed by bending the wire at a right angle at its midlength, adapted to apply upon the under face of the corner of the rug and follow the margins thereof for a short distance in Specification of Letters Patent.

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both directions, and a second relatively straight wire F. adapted to be applied diagonally inward from the corner. At the junction of-the-arms D D the wireis bent to form an open loop D lying in a plane parallel withtheface of the .rug, and-near the sharpened extremities D ofthe arms each of the latter is offset or bent into serpentine form as'at D the offset or convolutions lying in'the same plane as the loop D so as to apply .flatwise upon the under face of the-rug." It is secured to the rug by engaging one of the arms D in one of the exposed loops B of the foundation fabric at the cornerandsliding such arm through. such-looppuntil the latter is approached-by theopen loop D the point D of the same arm is then engaged in a thread-loop B and slippedtherethrough 'and'en'g'aged in the first of a series of loops B B and thrust therethrough until the thread loop B enters the bight of the open loop D and engages the latter, and the loop B engages the-cross-bar of the serpentine bend D with the extremity of the arm lying in the thread loops B B The other arm D is similarly engaged by bending it upward sufliciently to permit the entrance and engagement of its point D and serpentine bend D with the thread loops B and B B and again allowed to straighten. Thus engaged the wire is held reliably and exerts its stiffness to resist yieldingly any tendency of the corner to curl.

The wire F serves as an angular reinforcement for the corner. It is sharpenedat both ends, and near the point F is a serpentine bend or ofiset F similar to that above described. The wire Fis engaged by slipping the opposite point F through several loops C of the foundation threads far enough to permit the insertion of the point F through a loop C the wire is then slipped back in the reverse direction with the point F engaging successi-ve loops C until the ofiset F reaches and is engaged by the loop 0 and the point F is engaged with the several loops C Either wire may be employed without the other and will serve alone with a large measure of succurling may permit Wrinkles in the area between such margins and transversely 'to the -thread of the rugtd'r'esist Withdrawal.

diagonal line of the corner. Straight Wires F may be inserted Wherever desired; two or ,more may be located in themargin'sbfthe I I rug at the corner to lie at: a right .angle'to s itQWill be understood that the wires may be similarly engaged With any fabric and in in the material and thusfurther reduce the;

each other, and another similar ire inserted diagonally from such cornerifde'sired; It

Will be noted that in applying both or either Wires they are reliably engaged Without 'mu- .tilating the rug and wlthoutrequiring stitches to be taken to secure them in place, I and they maybe easily removed [and re placed.

Although theinvention [is '50? convenience shown and described as applied to the :rela+ tivelyharsh under surface of a Brussels rug rugs of softertexture will embed themselves 3 danger of defacing the floor.

- Ilclaim.':

'1. AI rug stiffenercornpfising".asingle piece of wire pointed to enter the, mate'rial v of :the rug and hav ng [means intermediate y p 11,179,704 H its alas "the plane of an" integral with such 'wire to engage opposite sides of a x: 2.,A rug stiflener formed of as'ingle piece of Wire'pointed at its ends and-formed with A rug stiffener comprising a single plece of Wireihavlng-,armspextended at a I a serpentine offset-portion intermediate its vends, all portions thereof being disposedin the same plane, i

right angle to each otherrand pointed at the ends, an open' loop at the junction ofzsaid armsandlying in the plane of the latter andoflfset portions on each arm arranged to Iie in "such plane, said pointed ends adapted to enter'the material of the rug, and said 7 loop and offsets-adaptedto engage with the threads of such rug to resist, ithdrawal;

In testimony that I claim the invention v 'HERBERT AlDEKNATELQ Witnessesz j I i CHARLES-R. SEARLE,

j HENRY L. WASHIBUYRN; 7

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above set forth I afiix my signature,-in pres- :ence'of two Witnesses. j a 

